The Anti-American Nobel Peace Prize

Norway's judges don't like the pro-freedom foreign policy of some U.S. presidents.

By

Jay Nordlinger

Updated April 1, 2012 5:48 p.m. ET

In 1987, the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave its Nobel Peace Prize to Óscar Arias, the president of Costa Rica. Central America was beset by war, particularly in Nicaragua, and Mr. Arias had crafted a peace plan. In Washington, the Reagan administration was highly skeptical. The Nobel committee told Mr. Arias they were giving him the prize to use as a weapon against Reagan.